TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1949
Lion Offense Fails;
Spartans Win, 24-0
With Fullback Fran Rogel on the bench, Penn State’s grid
offense has no drive, no punch. '
That was an accepted fact* before the season- began, but Joe
Bedenk and his crew of assistants realized it more than ever this
week as they began preparations for the last home game of the
season Saturday, against Syracuse.
. The attack, lacking Rogel' who was sidelined with an ankle
injury, failed pitifully against
Michigan State last week when
the Lions dropped ft 24-0 battle
before 44,746 wind-chilled, fans
at East Lansing’s Mdcklin Field
Stadium • 1
NO PUSH
True, the Lions gained,- ■ 144
yards, 104 of them on the, ground
as. they went down to .their
third defeat of the season. But
it was the lack of pjush, especial
ly when drive might- have meant
a score in the first quarter, that
set up the first shutout, .loss in
seven games, and made this year
the first time the Nittanies have
dropped three games in cne ?ea
son since 1945.
INJURIES
The “big white” is weakened
physically with injuries to cen
ter Ray' Hedderick and' tackle
Ed Hoover adding to the loss
of Rogel. Several other minor
injuries may keep the Lions far
below top strength for the
.Orange clash, but the fullback
■ slot remains the hardest, to fill,
'ij;; : The touted Nittany forward
•'iiwall held against, the slashes of
itiynn Chandnois, Frank Waters
rand tKb'other Spartan backs for
fijiist one ■ quarter Saturday, then
grumbled along with the offense
r -heforb the hard-charging Mich
igan Staters. Bedenk’s pass de
fense, relying on the line to rush
the passer, hit the skids as re
ceivers outran, and outfaked
the secondary,
LUTHER
Only Bill Luther, Lion tailback,
managed to keep the, Lion of
idnse in "the plus column. Luther
rolled up several, good gains, one
:i-;40-yarci in the third
period, and his quick kicks took
.the Nittanies out of holes. His
passing, however, was strangled
by an alert Spartan secondary
that sent .1;wo and three men to
cover every receiver.
Recovered fumbles kept the
Bedenkmen in Michigan State
territory ni os t of the . first
Quarter, but the Spartans threw
dpwn every attempt to score and
took over theball to start the
second stanza. Chandnois streak
ed through the line and went 60
yards for the first touchdown,
George Smith, converting. Smith
ridded a 28-yard field goal in the
Same period;'
j, Before, the half ended, soph
omore A 1 Dorow, filling in for
tne injured Gene Glick at
quarterback, passed to end Bob
Carey for 28 yards and another
TD. Smith converted again, and
the' Spartans led, 17-0.
STALEMATE
■ The' teams played to a stale
mate in the third period. In the
fourth, the Lions, took control
on downs on Michigan .Statens
21, but a 15-yard penalty* rfrid
the Spartan line forced, them to
halt in their only serious scor
ing challenge.
With Waters and Chandnois'
running and Dorow passing, the
Spartans moved to the Penn
State 16 from where Jim Blenk
horn tossed to Carey for 16 yards
and another TD just before the
game ended.
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LUTHEI
Macklin Field
Slants , Sidelights
By George Vadasz
Macklin Field, scene of Satur
day’s fracas, was host to nearly
45,000 shrieking homecoming'
fans.
Since the acceptance of the
Spartans into the' Big 10, the
seating capacity was doubled, so
that the stadium, now accomo
dates more than 50,000.'
The press box, too, was en
larged to accomodate more
than 95 sportscaslers. An ele
vator was built into the press
box to accomodate the older
members of the fourth estate.
The public address announcer
was quite puzzled on numerous
occasions, but no more so than
the spectators when they heard:
“The tackle made by Drazeno
vich and Drazenovich.”
Chuck Beatty, substitute
center, suffered a broken nose
in the first quarter, yet played
the remainder of the contest.
Radio-announcer Bob Prince is
still confused at some of the
State players. He had Guars Joe
Sarabok, (65) in the game instead
of Bill Mathers (63).
Michigan State Coach Biggie
Munn seems to be quite super
. stilious ... he has worn the
same suit for every game since
the Michigan game. "It's my
winning combination," he says.
Shortly before the game Mari
lyn Sumner,, a member of Kappa
Kappa; - Gamma, was crowned
homecoming queen. Incidentally,
she was chosen from a group of
31 contestants from pictures sub
mitted to the Froth senior board
on the Nittany campus.
' Bill’Luther,. Lion tailback, was
the top ground-eater of the after
noon by picking up 82 of the 102
yards gained rushing by the Nit
tanies.
Two Future Rivals
Upset Saturday
In two surprising upsets both
Syracuse and Pitt were swamp
ed by their rivals Saturday. Pitt’s
loss toppled them from the ranks
of the undefeated. Temple and
West Virginia, the other of Penn
State’s future rivals, won their
games.
Penn State’s future rivals in
caps:
Fordham 47, SYRACUSE 21
WEST VIR. 47, Quantico 26
TEMPLE 47. Rhode Island 6
Indiana 48, PITT 14
Records to date of opponents:
Won Lost Tied
Villanova 5 10
Army 5 0 0
Boston College 13 1
Nebraska 2 3 0
Michigan State 4 10
Syracuse 2 3 0
West Virginia 3 3 0
Temple 4 10
Pitt 4 1 0
Game Statistics
• Score by periods:
Penn State .0 0 0 0— 0
Michigan State 0 17 0 7 —24
Michigan, State scoring: Touchdowns:
B. Carey 2, Chandnois. Field goal—G.
Smith. ' Extra points—G. Smith.
Total first downs
Net yards rushing
Net yards passing
Fosses attempted
Passes completed •
Passes intercepted
Number of
Punting average
Lost ball fumbles
Yards lost penalties
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